11/5 | Long Island University | 7:00PM (ESPN+)

[adam914]

Its been 5 minutes and I am 100% on the Toppin bandwagon. He's gonna be special.

[Rhodymob05]

Haven’t hit a jumper since nam, cmon

[PeteRI]

Hey guys, we have a bench!!

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......Harris, so far leaves me with......meh

[Ram96]

Still can’t shoot threes

[PeteRI]

Still can’t shoot threes

Or bunnies ...

[DC_Rams]

I’m not going to jump on the “we can’t shoot 3s wagon” just yet.

I’d like to see us settle down. However, I’m loving the offensive rotation.

[RI_Bred]

Halftime adjustments hopefully lead to blowout. Seems like it should.

[KevanBoyles]

Sloppy. Very sloppy.

[wpbrown8267]

Still can’t shoot threes

Can’t say that...5/16 31% at the half

Improvement from last year, only can go up from last year, right?

[DeanDome88]

Sloppy. Very sloppy.

In what way? First game 4 turnovers at the half.

[DC_Rams]

Sloppy. Very sloppy.

In what way? First game 4 turnovers at the half.

I’d say the flow was sloppy. Other than that, I think we looked OK.

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....,imagine, if you will, what Cyril could be with Andre’s hands......that has been said before, but Cyril hands are what they are.....l

[PeteRI]

....,imagine, if you will, what Cyril could be with Andre’s hands......that has been said before, but Cyril hands are what they are.....l

It seems like he turned the ball over 50% of the time he had it down low

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....,imagine, if you will, what Cyril could be with Andre’s hands......that has been said before, but Cyril hands are what they are.....l

It seems like he turned the ball over 50% of the time he had it down low

........bingo....l

[PeteRI]

Harris has more fouls than points.

[RI_Bred]

Harris has more fouls than points.

Hoping he would improve on this greatly this season...still hoping...

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........a Harris, I will say now, is gonna be a swing and miss......beat up on me,to early as soph to make this statement, but......Give me piece of humble pie later......goes down with coffee milk.....

[TruePoint]

Still can’t shoot threes

Can’t say that...5/16 31% at the half

Improvement from last year, only can go up from last year, right?

It's silly to draw any conclusions about something like that based on 20 minutes. We will likely shoot about 750 threes this season, and we've shot 16. By any measure, 2% is not a big enough of a sample. Plus, we hit 5/16, which is not great. But 6/16 would have been 38%, and if we did that over the year nobody would complain. So essentially we're complaining about one make/miss - that seems a bit premature to me.

[KevanBoyles]

Sloppy. Very sloppy.

In what way? First game 4 turnovers at the half.

I’d say the flow was sloppy. Other than that, I think we looked OK.

Given the quality of the opponent, I’m disappointed.

[wpbrown8267]

Still can’t shoot threes

Can’t say that...5/16 31% at the half

Improvement from last year, only can go up from last year, right?

It's silly to draw any conclusions about something like that based on 20 minutes. We will likely shoot about 750 threes this season, and we've shot 16. By any measure, 2% is not a big enough of a sample. Plus, we hit 5/16, which is not great. But 6/16 would have been 38%, and if we did that over the year nobody would complain. So essentially we're complaining about one make/miss - that seems a bit premature to me.

I was kidding, maybe I should have added more context to it. I agree sample size is way too small and by no means are making comparisons this early

[wpbrown8267]

Nice block by Cyril!!

[wpbrown8267]

In what way? First game 4 turnovers at the half.

I’d say the flow was sloppy. Other than that, I think we looked OK.

Given the quality of the opponent, I’m disappointed.

Ur disappointed that they just opened up a 15 pt lead

[TruePoint]

........a Harris, I will say now, is gonna be a swing and miss......beat up on me,to early as soph to make this statement, but......Give me piece of humble pie later......goes down with coffee milk.....

I guess it is hard to argue that he hasn't done much so far and his season is off to a bit of a disappointing start tonight. But the thing I try to keep in mind is that he is the clear 5th option of the starting lineup and will also be in a lot of the sub lineups he is in. I'm not going to judge him on the scoring output. I also try not to take his recruiting ranking into account, because that is irrelevant now. The fouls are frustrating, in part because they seem to often be ticky-tack stuff, but if it happens every game it is hard to keep blaming the refs. Still, his size and athleticism are badly needed and even if he doesn't seem to be impacting the game with sensational plays or stuffing the box score, he's still super valuable.

[RI_Bred]

I’d say the flow was sloppy. Other than that, I think we looked OK.

Given the quality of the opponent, I’m disappointed.

Ur disappointed that they just opened up a 15 pt lead

As I said, halftime adjustments...

[TruePoint]

Toppin is going to get minutes

[Rhodymob05]

Keep Toppin on the floor!

[wpbrown8267]

Folks mentioned earlier, but Toppin will be special

[KevanBoyles]

Where’s DJ?

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........a Harris, I will say now, is gonna be a swing and miss......beat up on me,to early as soph to make this statement, but......Give me piece of humble pie later......goes down with coffee milk.....

I guess it is hard to argue that he hasn't done much so far and his season is off to a bit of a disappointing start tonight. But the thing I try to keep in mind is that he is the clear 5th option of the starting lineup and will also be in a lot of the sub lineups he is in. I'm not going to judge him on the scoring output. I also try not to take his recruiting ranking into account, because that is irrelevant now. The fouls are frustrating, in part because they seem to often be ticky-tack stuff, but if it happens every game it is hard to keep blaming the refs. Still, his size and athleticism are badly needed and even if he doesn't seem to be impacting the game with sensational plays or stuffing the box score, he's still super valuable.

......fair enough, but I was suspect last season, as his touted arrival fizzled, I will stand by thoughts, I am not looking for spectacular anything, just being on the plus side of contribution in stat column.....

[wpbrown8267]

........a Harris, I will say now, is gonna be a swing and miss......beat up on me,to early as soph to make this statement, but......Give me piece of humble pie later......goes down with coffee milk.....

I guess it is hard to argue that he hasn't done much so far and his season is off to a bit of a disappointing start tonight. But the thing I try to keep in mind is that he is the clear 5th option of the starting lineup and will also be in a lot of the sub lineups he is in. I'm not going to judge him on the scoring output. I also try not to take his recruiting ranking into account, because that is irrelevant now. The fouls are frustrating, in part because they seem to often be ticky-tack stuff, but if it happens every game it is hard to keep blaming the refs. Still, his size and athleticism are badly needed and even if he doesn't seem to be impacting the game with sensational plays or stuffing the box score, he's still super valuable.

......fair enough, but I was suspect last season, as his touted arrival fizzled, I will stand by thoughts, I am not looking for spectacular anything, just being on the plus side of contribution in stat column.....

I don’t know how u can be suspect last year when he was hobbled all year

[wpbrown8267]

Hope Toppin ends up with a double/double

[DC_Rams]

In what way? First game 4 turnovers at the half.

I’d say the flow was sloppy. Other than that, I think we looked OK.

Given the quality of the opponent, I’m disappointed.

I don’t think that’s fair. He’s giving the frosh minutes. He’s going to need them to be comfortable against UMD.

[DC_Rams]

I’d trade the blowout for giving these frosh valuable minutes.

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I guess it is hard to argue that he hasn't done much so far and his season is off to a bit of a disappointing start tonight. But the thing I try to keep in mind is that he is the clear 5th option of the starting lineup and will also be in a lot of the sub lineups he is in. I'm not going to judge him on the scoring output. I also try not to take his recruiting ranking into account, because that is irrelevant now. The fouls are frustrating, in part because they seem to often be ticky-tack stuff, but if it happens every game it is hard to keep blaming the refs. Still, his size and athleticism are badly needed and even if he doesn't seem to be impacting the game with sensational plays or stuffing the box score, he's still super valuable.

......fair enough, but I was suspect last season, as his touted arrival fizzled, I will stand by thoughts, I am not looking for spectacular anything, just being on the plus side of contribution in stat column.....

I don’t know how u can be suspect last year when he was hobbled all year

......then he should have sat, could have sat, would have sat, to get off being hobbled......

[Rhodymob05]

Harris man, he’s going to lose his spot in this rotation really quick with that type of performance.

[wpbrown8267]

......fair enough, but I was suspect last season, as his touted arrival fizzled, I will stand by thoughts, I am not looking for spectacular anything, just being on the plus side of contribution in stat column.....

I don’t know how u can be suspect last year when he was hobbled all year

......then he should have sat, could have sat, would have sat, to get off being hobbled......

Sounds good coach

[TruePoint]

I’d say the flow was sloppy. Other than that, I think we looked OK.

Given the quality of the opponent, I’m disappointed.

I don’t think that’s fair. He’s giving the frosh minutes. He’s going to need them to be comfortable against UMD.

I don't quite get the issue. VCU is playing a very similar game against a very similar opponent. This is fine - although when I started typing this they hadn't given up 7 straight points, although they have a lot of young guys on the floor getting some needed experience. Would be good to finish this last 8 minutes strong.

[TruePoint]

......fair enough, but I was suspect last season, as his touted arrival fizzled, I will stand by thoughts, I am not looking for spectacular anything, just being on the plus side of contribution in stat column.....

I don’t know how u can be suspect last year when he was hobbled all year

......then he should have sat, could have sat, would have sat, to get off being hobbled......

No. They needed him badly to be out there even dragging one leg around.

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I don’t know how u can be suspect last year when he was hobbled all year

......then he should have sat, could have sat, would have sat, to get off being hobbled......

No. They needed him badly to be out there even dragging one leg around.

.......sounds good coach.....

[TruePoint]

Did Toppin just try to jump over their center like Olympics Vince Carter? Lol. I love this kid already.

[PeteRI]

Did Toppin just try to jump over their center like Olympics Vince Carter? Lol. I love this kid already.

Kid has some serious ups He's a joy to watch!

[PeteRI]

4 starters and 1 freshman bench player in double figures. I like it.

[Blue Man]

I am going to die during this season.

Langevine will be the culprit. In the library. With an under-the-basket turnover.

[wpbrown8267]

To early to say, but with Toppin’s debut, maybe our depth is not as bad which the transfers out

[TruePoint]

IDK, maybe we should consider tightening up the three point defense going forward?

[TruePoint]

You've got to be kidding with this three point defense....

It's the only thing you can't give up with a lead like this.

[DC_Rams]

Comparatively speaking, this is just the first game. Davidson went life and death with a D2 school, VCU isn’t exactly blowing away St Francis....have to get these games out of their system.

[DC_Rams]

To early to say, but with Toppin’s debut, maybe our depth is not as bad which the transfers out

Silver lining, we may be able to survive the storm.

[adam914]

1-0. Nice to get one in the books. This game went kind of the way most first games of the season tend to go. Shit gets real on Saturday!